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- **for whoever obeys ** - "for anyone who obeys"
- yet stumbles in … he has become - As stumbling is falling down while one is trying to walk, so is disobeying one point of the law is being guilty of breaking the whole law. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
- Do not commit… - to "commit" is to do the action.
- …If you…But you…you have… - Though James was writing to many Jewish believers, in this case he wrote as if he was writing to each person individually. AT: "each one of you" (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_you)